Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-13
SENTENCES PASSED.
ne Aususs form Of the Distries oool'
m~sea Yesterday snd Conv1osso f1's>
aners Sentenced.

The AO834S A03A W -
ulsssa Yesterday and Oonv1esso <1'e-
easrs Sentenced.
the nix prisoners who have been
tried and convicted at this term OF enc LIS
trict Court were brought into q ior sen
tence yesterday afternoon nobody "aspres
ant in the court room except the pm
o.rs and one or two lawyers. They filed IN
under tho charge OF JaileKs Cook and driI-
hths and Deputy Sheriff Reynolds. Col'
Reyholds took . seat within the bar, while
the iailers stayed without, so as to be neal
the door, the prisoners seatiag them,
selves in the jury box. The usual
unhealthy palor that overspreads
the faces OF men absent from the influence
of sun and air was apparent in every, 1ace
and all wore q more or less anxious
judge 0albraith had been walking to and
fro in the court room previous to their
appearance and now walked up to his
desk and began consulting the statutes.
A hush fell on all present and those VINO
spoke did 50 in whispers. Instinctively
everyone seemed to realize that six human
beings were about to have the degree OF
Criminal stamped on him for life that would
be q moral brand on all their future
existence as effectual as one STAMPED on
each ones forehead with q red o iron.
None OF them had ever been in prison be-
fore this time. and now they we're @ TO
be isolated from the community and herd
with ~tonvicts as convicts themselves. Mr..
Keithley and one or two other lawyers
dropped in together With one or two other
county officers. Mr.. Keithley had a brand
new silk plug which was the unconscious
source Of relief to the air of decorum that
overcame every one. as it was madea TARGET
for paper wads from some boyish spirits
present. Finally Judge Galbraith took his
seat and called John Eardlev to stand up.
He addressed him in the usual formula as
to why sentence should not be pass upon
him and gave him the light sentence Of one
year at hard labor in the Territorial prison
aud costs of prosecution for breaking jail.
This is the man who had only a few days
to serve for 8 county sentence OF sixty
days and who now goes to the Penitentiary
o ABour THIRTEEN MONTHS.
because be couldn't resist the opportunity
to run when the %jailer's back was turned.
But the law is memorable, and having been
convicted Of jail-breaking the Court had no
alternative but to sentence him as it did.
William Stephenson, convicted of the same
~offense, also received the same sentence.
John Sheridan. who pleaded guilty to burg
larry in the daytime, was then called. Mr..
brennan, his counsel, arose and made q
statement to the effect that he had been
acquitted Of the charge OF larceny in a lower
court which a the same act as this, in
which he had been indicted for burglary,
which was the act OF breaking into a place
with intent to steal. The room into which
he vent was not locked up but could be
freely entered at any time. The witnesses
upon whom he had to depend we're in a
distant part Of the country and unobtain.
mercy Of the Court. Judge Galbraith said
he thought the prisoner should
have q light sentence and he
gave him the lightest under the law. namely
eighteen months in the penitentiary at
hard labor. Patrick O'Neill, a young man
not long out OF his teens, was then called
up. He is the youth who broke into q sa-
loon on East Park street about two
months ago about 8 o'clock one morning
and led the saloonkeepers, who slept on the |
premises, to believe they were invaded by a
whole gang, He was easily overpowered
and found to have taken nothing. He was
pleaded guilty to burglary in the day time.
MI. Keithley stated
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.
which, he said, was as much as anything
else a case Of q drunken man staggering |
against the door of a saloon which yielded
to slight pressure, and who was first re-
duced to the intoxicated and senseless
in which he committed the deed
by other ~saloonkeepers. Mr.. Ke;thley
pleaded for a light sentence for the defend
ant on account of his youth and described
him as more unfortunate than criminal.
The Court asked Mr.. Dewitt the facts as he
knew them and he related the evidence
developed in the Police Court. The Court
then delivered the young man a lecture
upon the evils into which the course he
was leading would land him and enlarged
upon the happiness of the possession of a
rood sonscience no matter how Q a man
Two. years and six months at
hard labor and the costs of prosecution.
Cloudy, who had been convicted of
'orgnry. was then called up. The Court
,ook into consideration other cases against
The same defendant, and said he felt he was
leniently in giving him five years at
lard labor and the costs OF prosecution.
q. j. Jenkins. the man who tried to pass
he checks Cloudy had forged, was called
Up. and, in reply to the usual question,
made a few general remarks.
EXPRESSIVE OF HIS covTRIrIoN
or the offense he had committed. The
Judge said he did not think he belonged to
he criminal classes and thought he would
q better man if removed from such as
.ociations after he had served his sentence.
lie then sentenced him to three years at
ard labor and costs of prosecution. The
risoners were then returned to jail and
ill be taken to- Deer Lodge to-day by the
herif to begin their sentences without de-
". The Court then announced the bust /
ess for the term adjourned and nothing
,rther to be done than to sigL the minutes
his morning which will bedone at 8 o'clock.
he following is the business transacted
esterday outside of the foregoing:
Moulton Mining Company vs.. George
ct al; default of defendant ordered.
Parsons vs. Parsons; decree of divorce
French vs.. French; order to pay $25
onthly Tor support OF plaintiff and her
child and $50 counsel fees.
Territory W. Daust and Boettiger: SELL
g liquor to Indians; verdict, not guilty. =
civil docket for the October term J
asset and is unusually long.